Special Import Measures Act

Marginal note:Tribunal’s ruling

90 Where a request is made to the Tribunal under subsection 89(1) for a ruling on the question referred to therein, the Tribunal

• (a) shall arrive at its ruling on the question by determining which of the two or more persons is the importer in Canada of the goods;

• (b) subject to paragraph (c), shall give its ruling on the question forthwith after receiving the request therefor; and

• (c) shall not, if a statement pursuant to paragraph 89(2)(b) is made in the request, give its ruling on the question until after it makes an order or finding in the inquiry commenced as a consequence of its receipt of notice of the preliminary determination referred to in that paragraph, unless, after the request is made to the Tribunal, it receives notice pursuant to subsection 41(4) that the investigation has been terminated pursuant to subsection 41(1) in respect of the goods specified in the preliminary determination, in which case the Tribunal shall give its ruling on the question forthwith after it receives that notice.